When that little one, that leaven which shall “leaven the whole lump” or body of man, is at last created in the manger (or solar plexus), it follows a path planned for it. It enters the Jordan, and ascends by this River of God to the cerebrum via certain glands. Then, indeed, will N have been added to the brain, which, as the poet Milton has said, “Is its own place and in itself can make a hell of heaven, a heaven of hell.”
The roots of the Tree of Life are three nerves which ascend from the fructified germ cell. These later on form five, and constitute the outline of the five ventricles of the brain. The optic thalami is the matrix from which the roots branch out and upward, and it is also the center from which springs the spinal cord, that sacred Euphrates (River of God), which goes down to water the earth. From it, buddings form on either side, and thus the right and left sympathetic nerves grow, constituting the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.
Much more can be written on the above subject, but it will be fully considered in the book God-Man, the Word Made Flesh. The above statements serve to prove, however, that astrology and physiology are inseparable, and that in the former we will eventually find every physiological mystery revealed.
Aries, then, relates to the cerebrum and cord, which constitute the Father, the Most High, the Creator or Progenitor of the body, otherwise God and the River of God. “And a river went out of Eden.” Therefore the head may be termed truly the Fountain-Head of Life. In the New Testament the River Jordan is the same as the Euphrates, and means descender, for the River of God does come down from above, our physiological heaven.
Genesis, the first book of the Old Testament, deals with the creation of man’s body. The first chapter has to do with the formation of the animal cell or lowest form of life, the amœba or germ cell, without which no human or other form is created. It does not refer to the actual animals themselves. In the light of this explanation the second chapter is logical and not contradictory, for the animals (animal cells) are brought together into man. Man’s body is an aggregate of animal cells.
“There is a spirit in man, and the inspiration (inbreathing) of the Almighty giveth it understanding.” Differentiation between forms in the different kingdoms of Nature depends on breath. The plant breathes and polarizes itself as the plant. The animal breathes, and its breath takes on a certain vibration, thus polarizing it as the animal or negative breath (ani-mal). Breath precipitated into the pituitary gland in Vitamin.
But the breath of man is polarized as that of a human being, and as he was formed in the likeness and image of God, he possesses something more than the animal. As the rate of vibration of the cells of his body increases in proportion to the result of purification and obedience to God’s laws of right living, he no longer desires, but inspiration takes its place.
Space can not be given in this chapter to go into detail relative to the discovery I have recently made that the Erotes are the keres of life in man. However, this much must be said: the name given to the upper brain or cerebrum contains the secret of life, for cere is kere in Greek, and it is to the literature and sculpture of that classic race we must turn for indisputable information relative to the source of life.
The skull is the Cup of Life and contains the Essence of Life, and we find much information in ancient writings relative to it. In Ha Idra Rabba Quadisha, or The Greater Holy Assembly, we find many statements. In fact the entire work deals intimately with it. From it the following have been selected as examples: “Therefore He carved out (that is, hollowed out) a space which He might flow in,” meaning that the Creator formed the skull, a bowl, in which precipitated Spirit might accumulate, thus creating the cerebrum or high brain.
Again: “The Absolute desire within himself to create the essence of light.” The word essence is derived from the Latin verb esse, which means to be. Therefore essence means the substance of being, or the material necessary for existence. Light means life and also Spirit, for the latter produces both light and life. A deficiency in any of these means deficiency in all.
The great majority of people in the world have sufficient Spirit to keep them going for only a few years. Spirit or Father works with mother or material. One must equal the other for perfection to exist.
In Chapter IV we read: “Concerning the Dew or Moisture of the Brain, of the Ancient One, or Macroprosophus: And from that skull distilleth a Dew upon him which is external, and filleth His head daily.” “And from that Dew which floweth down from his head, the dead are raised up in the world to come.” “Concerning which is written, Cant. V:2: My head is filled with dew.” “And by that Dew are nourished the holy supernal ones.” “And this is the manna which is prepared for the just in the world to come.”
What an astounding mass of information we have here. We find that macroprosophus is the ancient name for the cerebrum, the spiritual brain, the actual Father or Creator. Also that Dew is a very old term for brain substance, and a very fitting one, since dew is a moist precipitation from above, found on the earth or ground. The words “and filleth His head daily” link up directly with the Bible statement in John 6:58: “I am the living bread which cometh down from Heaven.” And again: “Give us this day our daily bread.” As the earth (mother) attracts the dew or Spirit, so each person is responsible for the creation of his or her own bread. Chemistry alone explains this, which we will consider later.
And how wonderful the promise accompanying the following: “And from that dew which floweth down (into the body) from His head the dead are raised to life in the world to come.”
World means the body, the earth world below the heaven world, in other words, the skull and the torso. This explains why we have deteriorated through the years. We have been really dying daily instead of becoming more alive. There has been insufficient dew or brain esse to feed the body—not enough “daily bread.” This means both physical and spiritual starvation. The body is in itself a graveyard, because it contains so many dead bodies—corpuscles.
We are also given another word having the same meaning—manna, for its interpretation in the Hebrew language is man making. The manna, or heavenly bread, forms man and also feeds him.
Please read the following until it is indelibly etched upon your mind: The brain or cerebrum is the first and most important gland in the body. The essence it creates flows through all the glands, but each gland consecutively differentiates its fluid. It is of a neuter or neutral nature when first formed, and would continue to be so if mankind did not take from it—or rob it. We object to having some of our possessions stolen from us by thieves, but never dream that the worst thief is the one who robs himself of his most precious treasure—the golden essence of life. This is, indeed, the treasure that we are commanded to “lay up in heaven.”
To any who become impatient for the chemical allocation, let me say with all kindness that it can never be understood unless all the foregoing statements are linked up with it indissolubly. It is the hidden or esoteric which alone throws light on the exoteric.
Of the optic thalamus the Kabbala informs us: “Therefore it is called the open eye, the holy eye, the excellent eye, the eye of Providence, the eye which sleepeth not, neither slumber-eth, the eye which is the guardian of all things, the eye which is the subsistence of all things.”
Do we not say “Yes, I see” when we understand or get a point? Truly we are spiritually blind when we cognize but little. And who is to blame? None but ourselves.
The organ referred to above, the optic thalamus, occupies the central portion of Aries, or the third ventricle—to be correct, the middle decan (ten degrees). While the sign as a whole is ruled by Mars (energy) it has a co-ruler, the Sun. Thus the Sun is exalted in Aries, meaning that, at last, the inner sun,